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a.k.a “There’s nothing fun in the pantry and we don’t have any butter but hey these are pretty good!” i.e. When the end product is much greater than the sum of its rather boring parts. Continue reading →

The first batch of HCB for 2014. Inspired by sudden rain and a Southerly change, late on a mid-March Sunday morning. The sun is bright but the air is cooler. The mornings are beginning to smell like Easter. It’s a time for earthy spices, treacly dates and soft, steaming-hot baked goods. Continue reading →

Q 1: “What am I going to do with all these overripe bananas?” Q 2: “What am I going to do about breakfast next week?” Answer: Granola. Lots of protein and fibre. Not that much sugar. Easily gluten-free if you want/need it to be. Continue reading →

When you crave pumpkin-spice schmear and its bagel-form buddy from holidays long gone. And then you remember pumpkin-spice [insert foodstuff here] doesn’t exist in this country and besides, it’s actually Spring. The solution: grab a pumpkin and start from scratch. Continue reading →

In France, it’s Bastille Day. The Tour de France is on. In Darlinghurst, it is dark and cold. The Tour de France is on TV. There’s no better time to bake this Summery Corsican ricotta cake
…then pair it with Wintery spiced pears. Continue reading →

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These are the recipes of The Lucky Baker.

Usually experimental. Never perfect. Usually dependant on what’s in season and what’s in (or not in) my kitchen. Lucky only in the sense that the more you work at something, the more fortunate the results.

I am…

...The Lucky Baker. An Australian in New York City. A proofreader. A baker of cookies and pies and cakes (sometimes). Still getting to know sourdough, Fahrenheit, and American butter.